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Buildings With Less Embodied Carbon (Part 2 of Sustainability in Construction)

Community Architect

The more cement, the higher the strength and the small the volume of concrete needed for a structural member. To find the right balance between quantity and strength is a optimization task between structural engineers and sustainability consultants and architects. Hardly a sustainable practice.

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Going Solar: The Rays That Pay

Community Architect

Going solar for buildings is not only as effective as improving transportation (another 40%), the two can be linked with solar as the power source for electric vehicles. solar azimuth) What are the regulations in my state, what incentives are offered? 40% of the carbon footprint comes from building emissions.

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Building Science, Climate Change and The Pretty Good House (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

There was an interior designer and we ended up getting a structural engineer involved. You don’t have time to be an expert and things like taxes and regulations and the old school payroll providers, they just don’t get it. That’s an estimate. I was the lead designer energy modeler. I should know that.